[Day 1: Tuesday, 02 December, 2014]

► Compilation Guide of Tourism Statistics

11:00-13:00

• 11:00-13:00

• ► Compilation Guide of Tourism Statistics

► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• ► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• Presenter: UNWTO

• This Compilation Guide deals with the setting up of a national System of Tourism Statistics (STS). Tourism statistics covers data regarding visitors’ activities (such as arrivals/departures, overnight stays, expenditures, main purpose of the trip, etc.) associated with the different forms of tourism (inbound, domestic and outbound), as well as tourism industries’ activity, infrastructure and employment. Box 1.1 describes the international Classification of Statistical Activities which categorises tourism statistics as part of the National Statistics System (NSS).

• The recommendations set out in IRTS 2008 for national STSs will facilitate international comparisons as well as integration within each country’s NSS (The System of Tourism Statistics: Basic References, Section B).(1.10)

• In the meantime, some countries have to rely on approximate data, where it is the only tourism-related data available. Such data might include:

• Balance of Payments data (from the travel and passenger transport items);
• Inbound visitors from immigration authorities based on nationality (even though, for tourism purposes, information should be based on country of residence);
• Data from hotel associations;
• Data from transport companies; and
• Data from commercial accommodation establishments.

• ► Q&A Session

► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• ► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• Presenter: UNWTO

• Importance of institutional arrangements in developing a System of Tourism

• Statistics (STS)

• The proper environment for the development of a STS should be a proactive and synergetic Inter-Institutional Platform involving various categories of institutions:

• a. Bodies that produce statistics and basic tourism information:
• i. National Statistical Office (NSO) – as producers of basic statistics and compilers of National Accounts
• ii. National Tourism Administration (NTA) – as the entity responsible for public policy in tourism and for the coordination of public and private stakeholders
• iii. Central Bank (CB) - as they often compile the Balance of Payments
• iv. Immigration and Border protection authorities – as responsible for border procedures
• v. associations of national tourism enterprises – as they are often providers of information as well as key users of tourism statistics

► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• ► Documenting National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• Presenter: UNWTO

• The specific role of the TSA within the STS needs to be highlighted. It should be understood as:

• The instrument for identifying and measuring the contribution2 of tourism to the national economy, in line with the National Accounts framework, and thus allowing comparisons with other economic domains.
• For example, the %GDP attributable to tourism derived from the TSA can be compared to the %GDP attributable to agriculture derived from the core National Accounts.
• A systematic means to achieve total coverage in terms of visitors, their expenditure, and the industries serving visitors, as well as a reasoned reconciliation of the different statistical sources involved, in order to ensure consistency among the data derived from them.
• Part of a system of information in which individual sources are interconnected (for instance, annual data are consistent with monthly or quarterly data; demand data match information on supply; specific analyses are consistent with general ones, etc.).
• A macroeconomic accounting tool with which to develop structural relationships with other macroeconomic frameworks, particularly the Balance of Payments and the National Accounts. This relationship should be conceptual but should also be based on shared analyses of the data and the coordination of overlapping statistical operations, to ensure consistent measurements.

• ► Q&A Session

► National Systems of Tourism Statistics in OIC Member Countries

• ► National Systems of Tourism Statistics in OIC Member Countries

• Albania:

• National System of Tourism Statistics

• Benin:

• National System of Tourism Statistics

• Chad:

• National Systems of Tourism Statistics

• Kazakhstan:

• National System of Tourism Statistics

• Palestine:

• National Tourism Statistics

14:30-16:30 Session 2: Inbound Tourism Statistics

• 14:30-16:30 Session 2: Inbound Tourism Statistics

• ► Inbound Tourism Statistics and International Practices in Organizing and Conducting Border Surveys

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